Cllr Fraser Macpherson
LibDem councillor for Dundee's West End. Mirror site for www.dundeewestend.com.

Archive for October 9th, 2008

McCain Loses It : Calls Americans ‘My Fellow Prisoners’

October 9, 2008

OK, I am no fan of the Republicans and I think McCain is simply not up to the job, in extremely difficult times.   See http://www.dundeewestend.com/2008/10/mccain-loses-it-calls-americans-fellow_09.html
As Tory commentator Iain Dale said “Not good. Not good at all.”
Obama deserves to win and judging by the polls, he will.

Scottish Broadcasting Commission debate and local TV latest …

October 9, 2008

Good to see the largely positive and constructive debate in the Scottish Parliament yesterday on the Scottish Broadcasting Commission report. That said, what a bizarre intervention by Christopher Harvie, SNP MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, summed up by the headline in today’s Scotsman :
“Blue Peter is evil, Hitler was imaginative and BBC bosses are [...]

Getting Britain’s economy back on track

October 9, 2008

Dear Cllr Macpherson

When a ship is sinking, we must send out the lifeboats, not argue about who steered the ship into the iceberg. At Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday, I pledged my support for the moves being taken by the Government. Vince Cable and I have been clear that we must do whatever is [...]